192 Obituary— Dr. Hugh Exton, F.G.S.—Mr. F. W. Justen. 



FLINT IMPLEMENTS FROM THE FAYUM, EGYPT. 



Sir, — I have read with great pleasure the paper by Mr. Hugh J. L,. 

 Beadnell, in the February number, on " Neolithic Flint Implements- 

 from the Northern Desert of Fayum, Egypt." 



I was in Egypt last year, and brought home a collection of 

 flints from the Fayum and other districts. I bought my Fayum 

 specimens from the Arabs. The priacipal locality was Kasr Qurum, 

 I have all the types figured by Mr. Beadnell except Plate IV, Fig. 2, 

 and many not figured by him. 



My specimens are all of the finest workmanship, the production of 

 a race who could only have attained to this degree of perfection after 

 a long period. I have also a number of ' wideners ' from 4 to 6 inches 

 long, of exquisite workmanship, and mostly for left-handed boring. 



I have, however, a number of implements of entirely different 

 types, formed of an impure sort of chert or quartzose flint ; these 

 are deeply patinated, and weather-worn to an extent I have never 

 seen in flints of any kind, not even eoliths. They are probably of 

 early Neolithic age, before man had acquired the art of putting, 

 a keen, sharp edge on his implements. Jambs Neilson. 



MiLNBANK House, Dehmiston, Glasgow. 



OBITTJJk.ia-Y-. 



DR. HUGH EXTON, F.G.S. 



Dr. Hugh Exton, F.G.S., was President of the South African 

 Geological Society at Johannesburg from its commencement in 

 1895 ; but in December, 1902, retired from the chair on account 

 of ill-health, and died 7th January, 1903. His exertions whilst 

 serving as Medical Officer to H.M. troops during the late war, 

 and afterwards in military camps at Ladysmith and Harrismith, 

 seriously affected his health ; and we learn that the meeting af 

 the Society in the second week of January, 1903, was postponed 

 in respectful consideration of his death at the time. He had 

 retired to King William Town, British Kaffraria, on his resignation. 

 Dr. Exton was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London 

 in 1883 ; he presented a collection of the Auriferous Conglomerate 

 of the Witwaters Kand, with a note and plan, in 1899 (see Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xlvi, Proc, pp. 3 and 4). In 1901 he com- 

 municated to the Geological Magazine, November and December, 

 pp. 509 and 549, some interesting notes on the geology of the 

 neighbourhood of Ladysmith, and further notes on the geology 

 near Harrismith were expected. 



Frederick William Justen, F.G.S. — We deeply regret to record 

 the death of Mr. F. W. Justen, only son of Mr. Frederick Justen, 

 F.L.S. (Dulau & Co.), our publisher. Mr. Justen, who died on 

 March 16th at the early age of 42 years, was an expert in scientific 

 literature, and his loss will be severely felt by his father and hi& 

 many friends. 



